Georg von Detten

Georg von Detten (9 September 1887-2 July 1934) was a Nazi Party politician and Sturmabteilung leader.

Biography
Georg von Detten was born in Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany in 1887, the son of a lawyer, and the brother of Hermann von Detten. He served in the hussars of the Imperial German Army during World War I, fighting in France and ending the war as a captain. After the war, he worked as a farmer, banker, and head of a transport company, and he joined the Nazi Party in 1924. In the late 1920s, he began a career in the Sturmabteilung, and he served as the SA leader in Lower Saxony. In 1933, he became police chief in Saxony, and later became appointed head of all SA commissioners in Prussia. On 5 March 1933, he was elected to the Reichstag to represent Dresden-Bautzen. On the morning of 30 June 1934, during the Night of the Long Knives, he was arrested by the SS, and he was executed by firing squad on 2 July.